Necktie clasp



Jan. 1, 1952 5 X 2,581,274

NECKTIE CLASP Filed Aug. 28, 1950 Snnentor 'QZMMV 2m (Ittorneus PatentedJan. 1, 1952 UNITED STATES i-fiENT OFFICE i 2,581,274 I I I NECKTIECLASP I Edwin S. Mix, Rochester, N. Y.,.assignor to Hickok ManufacturingCo. 1110;, Rochester, N. Y., a corporation of New York ApplicationAugust 28, 1950, Serial No. 181,833 1 Claim. (or. 244;

This invention relates to necktie clasps.

'The present invention is an improvement on the necktie clasp disclosedin my prior Patent 1,981,740, November 20, 1934.

The necktie clasp disclosed in my aforesaid prior patent consistsgenerally of an elongated front bar, one end of which is reversely bentand the extreme end of the reversely bent end is bifurcated and isprovided with spaced ears which structural characteristics, therefore,of the present necktie clasp including the new form of clam-ping lever,therefore, differ from the structural features in the said patent.

The elimination of the separate pintle pin and the new formation of theclasping or clamping lever in the present invention is importantparticularly as regards mode or methods of manufacture and theeliminating of any possibility of are substantially right-angularlydisposed with disconnection or disassociation of the pintle pin respectto the bent portion and which ears are from the clamping lever and, ofcourse, is less placed in registry with similar ears on theclaspexpensive to manufacture and assemble. Moreing lever and all of theears are provided with over, the formation of the clamping portion oflag opening iand gnto v hlilchdopenilng a pin or the the clamping levermore effectively grips the shirt i e is posi ione an e an a coi springand ie and eliminates any possibility of accisurrounds a portion of thepin intermediate its dental loss of the clasp. ends and serves tomaintain the clasping lever In view of the foregoing, therefore, it isan normally; engatgemeng with7 the hrea1t' l1portion of object of thepresent invention to provide a neckthe iron ar. I is to e no ed t at eears on tie clasp that can be relatively inexpensively the reverselybent portion of the front bar are, fabricated and possessing'a minimumnumber of as aforesaid, at substantially a right angle to componentelements or parts. the remainder of the bar and that the serratedAnother object of my invention is to provide arcuate gripping flanges onthe clasping lever new structural characteristics forming the pivotalreof such shapel aglild widcth so thait vihen the 26 ation of7 theclakmping lever or bar with the front casping ever an e sai serra e eges are bar of he nec tie clasp. in engagement with thie tihirt am; anecktie Another object of the invention is to provide 0 p e W i an 6real ace 0 e a novel formation of clamping bar or lever which, frontbar, this clasping lever is out of parallelism when applied to the'shirtand with the tie be- With e o bar, and, 1790, it is t0 be kept in tweenthe same and the rear face of the front bar, mind that, 111 my aforesaidpatent, the actua 3;; results in disposing the clamping portion of the55 91 member: a e g h lfi e 51 and 31 lever in substantial parallelismwith the front eir e ges serra e us, 1 w e seen a ban in my aforesaidpatent there are four compO- Another object of the invention is toprovide {lent elements; Q the flfont W the clasp a novel clamping lever,the structural charactering lever, the spring and the p e D that serves35 istics of which impart additional rigidity thereto asv sqpi lv tlfilgn p l b d d and simplifies themode of manufacture and the e e 116C 190851:) as em 0 16 In o i o tke "1' nt ba of said patent is quiteeffective in clasping the neck- $25 255? f l 5 me W h he I 0 tie to theshirt of the wearer, my present necktie A Still further object of theinvention is to clasp, as embodied in t applicatiolt a 40 provide anecktie clasp embodying a novel struc vantages therepver 15 moi?efiectlve m use ture acting as a pivotal means for the clamping thanthe.neckt.1e clasp m the at In s lever with the front bar of the claspand wherein present mvemilon there are on y ree cO-mp this pivotal meansis integral with and there is nent elements, namely, the front bar which1s reversely bent at one end, aspring and the clamp- 5 a coactlonbetween w f m level and the mg leven Additionally, the gripping portionof front bar onwhich this lever is p votally mounted. the clamping leveris Such that, when applied With the above and other obJects 1n view, theto the Shirt and the necktie is gripped between invention conslsts 1nthe construction and novel the same and the inner face of the front bar,the comblnatlon and arrangement o p rts heremgripping portion of tclamping lever i in after fully described, illustrated in theaccomparallelism with the rear face of the front bar. D y n d awi s a dpo nt d u n th c a m In the'present invention, therefore, the pintlehereto appended, it being understood that varpin of my prior patent isentirely eliminated and, ions changes in the form, proportions, andminor in effect, is an integral part of the reversely bent detailsofconstruction, within the scope of the portion of the front ba claim, may'be resorted to without departing from and the formation and the spiritor sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing the three componentelements comprising the necktie clasp;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the completed clasp;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view through the completed clasp andshowing the same applied to a shirt and necktie;

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken substantially on thelines 5-5 of Fi 3 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 6 is a view showing the clasp applied to the shirt and claspin-gthe necktie;

Fig. '1 is a rear elevational view of a slightly modified variation ofthe necktie clasp;

Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken substantially on the lines8-8 of Fig. '1 looking in the direction of the arrows and showing theshirt and the double plies of a necktie between the clamping lever andthe front bar looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 9 is an enlarged sectional view similar to Fig. 8 but taken on theline 19-19: .of Fig. '7 looking in the direction of the arrows; and,

Fig. 10 is also an enlarged sectional view similar to Fig. 8 but takenon the line iil-.lil of Fig. '7 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Like numerals or characters inthe sever-alrigures of the drawing alldenote the same parts.

The invention will .be more readily understood by referring to thedrawing in detail wherein, from Fig. 1, it will be seen that the presentnecktie clasp consists of only three elements,.name y, the front bar 9,coil spring l0 and the clamping lever II.

The front bar 9 may be of any suitable outline but, as here shown,comprises an elongated, substantially rigid barhaving one end [,2thereof reversely bent as at 13. This .end i2 of the clamping bar 9 isbifurcated or forked as indicated at M and consists of the'two separateand distinct arms and I6. Inwardly of these arms and also inwardly ofthe extreme ends ii! thereof, there are opposed, similarly formedprojections is which projections are hat and .of substantially the samethickness as'the thickness of the bifurcated end of the front bar. Thearms i5 and it, before the clamping lever H and the spring are attachedthereto, are spread apart but it will be noted that the projections 18are in the same plane as'the reversely "bent portion of the back bar andthese projections serve as a pivotation means for the clamping lever 1i.

The clamping lever is also elongated 'but'preferably of less length thanthe overall length of the front bar of the completed clasp. Thisclamping lever II is substantially ushaped in cross section throughoutand there'is a flange N that may be said to extend around or is formedas part of the clasp. The flange l9, on one portion thereof, isscalloped or serrated or :otherwise roughened as indicated at 20 andthis .scalloped formation extends around the extreme end 2! thereof andterminates on :both sides ,of the lever as at 22 and the flange at thispoint is inclined inwardly somewhat so that it, in cross section, is ofsubstantially the same contour as the cross section of the extremereduced serrated end of the lever. The flange i9 is somewhat increasedin heightas at Band, ,at thisportion thereof, registered openings areformed therein, and rearwardly of these openings, the flange decreasesin height as at 25 and, at the end 26, the flange is substantiallycup-shaped on its underside and the flat portion 21 thereof serves as ameans for allowing one of the fingers of the hand to engage and depresssame to move the lever away from the front bar.

It will be seen from Figs. 3, 4 and 5, that the coil spring I0 ispositioned about the projections 18 which are brought together and enterthe registered openings 24 in the clamping lever, the spring beingdisposed between the flange on both sides of the clamping lever asclearly shown in Fig. 5 which is on an enlarged scale to show thisdetail, and the position of the projections it when the clasp iscompleted.

The free ends 28 and 29 of the spring l0 engage respectively in ashallow recess 30 in the reversely bent portion of the front bar 9 and,within the recess created by the said flange on the clamping lever asclearly shown in Fig. 3. Thus, the spring, when engaged about thebrought-together projections 18, exerts its motive force to normallymove and engage the clamping portion of the clamping lever toward andagainst the rear face 31 of the front bar .9. It will be noted from Fig.4 that, when the reversely bent portion of the front bar 9 is inengagement with the clamping lever I! or vice versa, that the width ofthe reversely bent portion is of substantially the same width as thefront bar '9 or the rear face 3| thereof and, further, that the width ofthe clamping lever H is preferably slightly less than the width of thefront bar 9. Further, as will be seen from Fig. '3, when the portion ofthe shirt S and the necktie denoted at N, in Fig. 3, is disposed betweenthe inner face 3i and the clamping portion of the clamping lever, thisclamping portion of the clamping lever is in substantial parallelismwith the inner face 3! of the front bar 9 andthus the necktie clasp,when applied, is less bulky than the prior art clasp and this particularstructure of the clamping lever makes for a more compact arrangement ofthe component elements.

In the modified form of the invention, as shown in Figs. 8, 9 and ii) ofthe drawing, all of the aforementioned characteristics of the inventiondepicted in the other figures of the drawing are present except that inFigs. ,8, 9 and .10 the width of the major portion of the serratedportion of the clamping lever ii is greater than the cross sectionalwidth of the front bar 5 and that the end portions from the linesifi-l'i] and 9-9 outwardly of each is of less cross sectional width thanthe cross sectional width of the frontflbar 9 In utilizing the front bar9 and as will be seen from Fig. 8, the flange i9 extends beyond theopposite side edges thereof except for the ends of the flange I9 wherethe lines iii- H! and 9-9 are positioned and from Figs. Sland 10 it willbe seen that these end portions of the serrated part of the clampinglever H is of less width than the .cross sectional width of the frontbar 9 Thus, the clamping portion of the clamping lever H will have atendency to slightly de-. press the portions of the necktie 'N and theshirt S into the hollow or U-shaped interior 32 of the clamping portion33 of the clamping lever l l and the end portions 34 and 35 will simplyurge or press the portions of the necktie and shirt therebetween towardthe inner face '3! of the narrowed front bar 9.

In both.modifications of the invention, the

. clamping portion of the clampingjever when the clasp is applied to theshirt and is grippin h necktie, will be in substantially parallelismwith the front bar or rather the rear face 3| of the front bar.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that in the present necktie clasp,there is indeed a minimum number of parts and the fact that theprojections is are integral with the reversely bent portion of the frontbar and serves as the pivotation means for the clamping lever ll,negatives any possibility of accidental disconnection of the pivotalmeans between the reversely bent portion of the front bar and theclamping lever or vice versa. Then, too, in the manufacture and assemblyof the three component elements comprising the present invention, itwill be seen that this is readily accomplished in that the bifurcated orforked end of the front bar that is reversely bent is simply broughtinto position with the opposed projections I8 in alignment with theopenings 24 in the clamping lever and the bifurcated portion pressedtogether with the projections extending through the said openings andsubstantially abutting when fully engaged therein and providing thepoint of pivotation and the mounting for the coil spring l thereon.

The front bar 9 may be substantially flat and elongated, as disclosed,or may be embellished with any desired ornamentation and may havemounted thereon suitable letters or other indicia and may be ofsubstantially the same cross sectional width as the clamping lever or ofgreater or less width, as desired.

What is claimed is:

A necktie clasp comprising an elongated substantially flat front barhaving at one end a reversely bent portion spaced from the rear facethereof, an elongated rigid clamping lever, said lever from a, pointsubstantially centrally of its ends, being of partially circular crosssectional shape and gradually tapering to a point at its forward end,the opposite side marginal edge portions of said forwardly tapering partconverging to the forward end of the lever and being uninterruptedlyserrated and forming fabric gripping portions of substantial lengthextending in a common plane, the serrated forwardly converging fabricgripping portions being of greatest width at their inner ends andgradually decreasing in width toward the forward end of the lever, theextreme forward end portion of the lever being curved laterally to therear side opposed serrated fabric of the front bar, pivot means andgripping portions the front bar.

and a spring carried by said normally urging said fabric of the clampinglever toward EDWIN S. MIX.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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